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Re: arp magic



In article <[🔎] 20021027193153.GL11546@valiant.sbg.palfrader.org> 
weasel@debian.org writes:
>Such a setup is quite possible and if you come to think about it, it's
>not much different from having say 192.168.25.0/24 on one side and
>0.0.0.0/0 on the other. One is a real subset of the other.

>Therefore the routing table is checked in the order of longest prefix
>first. Splitting the routes is not necessary (and would not help).

Routing IS the problem.  Routes with a gateway don't effect arp, so
the 0.0.0.0/0 route isn't a problem.

Arp_filter doesn't work for you because there IS a valid route to
10.200.118.1 on eth1.

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